BallantinesPR

Huxley On Huxley

What:
Documentary film and Q&A with Producer/Director
Mary Ann Braubach
Wednesday, 28th July, 2010
at 6pm

Where:
Birkbeck Cinema
43 Gordon Square
Birkbeck University of London, WC1H 0PD.
(Tel: 44 (0)20 7831 1618)
email: rentals@octobergallery.co.uk

Laura Huxley was a European violin virtuoso. After leaving the concert stage for Hollywood, she married one of the 20th century’s literary giants and greatest visionaries: Aldous Huxley.  Together, they shared an interest in the evolution of human consciousness and pioneered the use of LSD – at a time when the United States was deeply conservative. The Huxley home became a hotspot for countless luminaries and celebrities. Their groundbreaking work set the dawn for the 1960s, giving shape to an important chapter of American cultural history.

Huxley on Huxley is an intimate portrait of a compelling personal and professional union.

The film is narrated by Peter Coyote and includes interviews with Laura Huxley, drummer John Densmore (whose band, the Doors, was named after Huxley’s book The Doors of Perception), spiritual leader Ram Dass, Esalen co- founder Michael Murphy, artist Don Bachardy, philosopher Huston Smith and actor Nick Nolte, star of the adaptation of Huxley’s novel The Genius and The Goddess.

Mary Ann Braubach graduated from UCLA Film School and, after beginning her career directing documentaries, became director of development for George Lucas at his Lucasfilm headquarters in Marin County.  During her tenure, “Willow,” “Tucker,” and “Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade” were produced. She has numerous credits for producing and directing films. More about Mary’s life and work, and the Huxley on Huxley documentary, can be found at:
www.huxleyonhuxley.com

Kelley Coughlan
kelley@ballantinespr.com
Ballantines PR
Tel: +1.310.454.3080
Fax: +1.310.943.1978
www.ballantinespr.com

Huxley On Huxley
Debuts On DVD July 27th, 2010
Pre-Order Date: 6/29/10

New York, NY July 20, 2010– Narrated by Peter Coyote and featuring interviews with such luminaries as John Densmore, Michael Murphy, Nick Nolte and Ram Dass, HUXLEY ON HUXLEY offers a compelling glimpse of Laura Huxley’s life with Aldous Huxley (literary giant, author of Brave New World), as well as the revolutionary and provocative work that had a major influence on American and contemporary cultural history and such key figures as The Beatles, The Doors and Timothy Leary. The all-new documentary debuts on DVD July 27th, 2010 from Docurama Films.

Director Mary Ann Braubach says of her filmmaking experience, “When I first started, I did massive research on them, reading all of Huxley’s books, listening to audio interviews with Laura and navigating through her thick accent. The more I learned about this amazing woman, the larger than life she became. My hope for people who find themselves in Laura’s story is to enlighten a new generation of audiences to the Huxleys’ fantastic achievements and their fascinating life together.”

Italian-born Laura Huxley, a teenage violin virtuoso, played for European royalty and made her American debut at Carnegie Hall before leaving the concert stage to become a renowned psychotherapist and author. In 1956 Laura married Aldous Huxley, famous author and prophet of the 20th century.

In the conservative 1950s, the Huxley home in the Hollywood Hills was the center of the artistic and intellectual avant-garde of Los Angeles. Guests to their famous Saturday luncheons included George Cukor, Igor Stravinsky, Orson Welles and Christopher Isherwood. The Huxleys’ passionate search to find higher levels of consciousness included their controversial experimentation with psychedelic drugs.

HUXLEY ON HUXLEY (SRP $29.95) features the 58 minute documentary and DVD extras providing more in-depth scenes and interviews with Laura Huxley, John Densmore, Ram Dass, Don Bachardy, Huston Smith, Nick Nolte and David Dunaway.

CAST:
John Densmore, Aldous Huxley, Laura Huxley, Nick Nolte, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, Michael Murphy, Igor Stravinsky, Vera Stravinsky, Mike Wallace, Don Bachardy, Walter Cronkite, Piero Ferrucci, Herman Harvey, Gerald Heard, Christopher Isherwood, Tim Leary, Edward R. Murrow, Jawaharlal Nehru, Karen Pfeiffer

FILMMAKERS:
Narrator Peter Coyote
Directed, Produced and Written by Mary Ann Braubach
Editor Josh Beal
Directors of Photography Chris Burrill, Nancy Schreiber
Consulting Producer Jonathan Dana
Composer Andrea Morricone

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

(www.docurama.com)

About Docurama Films
Docurama Films launched in 1999 with the very first feature documentary on DVD, D.A. Pennebaker’s Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back. Over a decade later and a line of over 300 award-winning and critically acclaimed films, Docurama Films is the premier worldwide distributor of documentary films. Our mission is to deliver the greatest classic documentaries of the last fifty years while spreading the word about filmmakers who are taking the form to new heights. We share stories that are informative and express diverse points of view within a broad range of topics, the stuff we truly care about such as the arts, the environment, history, social, politics, ethnic, LGBT, and music. We seek to reach broader audiences not only by distributing these stories on traditional formats like DVD, but also by making them available on new and evolving digital platforms.

Press and Screener Contact:
John Squires,
Docurama Films
646-259-4138
jsquires@newvideo.com

Kelley Coughlan
kelley@ballantinespr.com
Ballantines PR
Tel: +1.310.454.3080
Fax: +1.310.943.1978
www.ballantinespr.com